Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-01-27
MISSOURI STATE NEWS
The state Legislature.


duced as follows: To amend the practice act
so as to make causes in which service is had
thirty days before court, trlable at hrst term or
court, and all causes in which services NAV be
had ten days before court, triable at the cleo
ton of defendant at the first term of court; to
authorize cities of the fourth class to pass
ordinances to prohibit the running at large
within the limits of such cities of domestic
animals; joint and concurrent resolution sub
hitting to the people of the State local
option constitutional amendment ;........
In the House substitute for
former resolution was adopted charging
the scope of the investigation of charges made
against State Auditor Walker An effort to
table resolution pledging the House to sub
mission was defeated. A number OF petitions
for submission and against a militia appro-
priation were presented. A number of bills
were introduced, among them: To appropriate
81 900 to erect building near Lincoln Institute
TO be used as an industrial school OF coloreo
boys; to provide for the destruction of assess
ment lists after five years; to provide brand
to be put upon all goods made by convict labor;
to establish State industrial school for girls,
and to repeal the gallon law.
In the Senate on the 18th resolution was
agreed to that at II a.. m. vote should be taken
for United States Senator. After the transac-
tion of some unimportant business, the follow
ing, among other bills we're introduced: In
creasing the minimum punishment for keeping
gambling houses, bawdy houses or brothels to
200, leaving the maximum g, 600 as at present;
a mining and drainage bill. which is a copy OF
the one which passed the Senate TWO
years ago; a local option bill, which is
substantially copy of the Georgia law; to
give prosecuting attorneys fee for each de-
PENDANT convicted in cases where there are two
or more defendants: to compel electric con-
ductors to be placed underground. The vote
for United States Senator resulted: Cockrel1,
"a; Warner g.; absent 2. In the House the
Speaker announced Messrs. Booth, of Frank
lin, Bodine. of Monroe, Smith. of Dali
las Miller of Jackson and Knowles. OF
Holt, as the committee to investigate the
charges against Auditor Walker A special
message from Governor Marmakuke was read,
calling attention to the bad condition of the
Capitol building, the unhealthfulness of the
House-room, the lack of proper room for the
departments of the State government and
recommending the remodeling of the building,
and that steam heating apparatus be intro
duced A number of bills on various subjects
were introduced, and then the House proceed
ed to ballot for United States Senator,with the
following result: Cockrel, IS; Warner, so;
Ford, 2; absent, 2.
In the Senate on the 10Th, Mr.. Moran called
up his anti-submission resolutions. and having
secured the floor, made lengthy speech in
their support after which the resolutions were
referred to the committee on constitutional
amendments, not however. without opposition
from Mr.. Moran. A concurrent resolution was
presented memorialiZing Congress to pass the
Miller Pleuro- Pneumonia bill 49,. In the House
resolution was introduced, reciting that, in
the opinion of the House, local option was the
proper solution of the liquor question. This is
intended as a substitute for the resolution
pledging the House to submiSsion.l The whole
subject was referred to the committee on con-
stitutional amendments, and the House, by a
vote of 75 to Sc, decided to lay the submission
motion on the table. The committee on
criminal Jurisprudence reported favorably
the bill to prohibit State, county and municipal
officers from accepting free passes. Also, on
the bill to repeal the law of 1S47, under which
saloons claim the right to keep open Sunday in
St. Louis. The committee on labor, reported
favorably on the bill to create State Board OF
Arbitration. The committee scientific in.
situations reported favorably on the bill to al
low the distribution of the bodies of paupers to
medical colleges for dissection. The two
houses met in joint session and confirmed the
election of Mr. Cockrell as United States Sena
+or to succeed himself.
IN the Senate, on the Goth. Mr. Sebree's reso
tuition setting forth the right of petition, and
substitute by Mr.. Johnson were referred to the
committee constitutional amendments. A
joint resolution was introduced demonstrating
Congress to pass the Miller Pleuro-Pneumonia
bill A number of new bills were introduced,
among them the following: Amending the
divorce law so as to limit causes for divorce to
adultery desertion for Two years, extreme
cruelty, or wantor neglect to provide main
tenance or support for wife. Also repeating
the present statute allowing the guilty party to
marry at any time after divorce is or anted, and
to re-enact the old law prohibiting such remar
rage under five years after the granting
of a divorce; to prohibit anything by
way of amusement being carried on in saloons;
to prevent the stealing of land sharks: repeal
ing the law permitting parties to fence in six
feet on either side of a public highway for the
purpose of planting hedge fence; to provide
a criminal code for villages for the punishment
nf nff ON "a nSt nr6i N
House a resolution adopted granting the
use of the hall of the House to Mrs. Anna
Sneed Cairns on the evening of Wednesday, the
Goth inst. An ancient submission petition
presented (many of the signers being dead;
also an anti-submssion petition signed by 700
voters of ST. Charles, Bills were introduced:
To exempt persons from taxation whose prop
erty does not exceed in value $500; for the Or
ganization of levee districts to protect river
counties from overflow; to furnish free school
books. and to prohibit unauthorized traffic in
human bodies.
IN the Senate on the 21st bill intro
duced abolishing the present management of
the State institutions and placing them in con-
troll of a State commission. The Fotheringham
investigation resolution was taken up and de-
feated by vote of II nays to 16 ayes, after
warm discussion, the opposition claiming that
the express robbers had been convicted, and
that the end justified the means. Without
transacting any other business of import anee
the Senate adjourned to the afternoon of the
24th. In the House several submission
petitions were presented: also remon-
strances from Buchanan, ST. Charles and Boone
counties against submission, bearing in all 1900
signatures. number of bills were read a
second time and referred to appropriate COM
mittees. Among the new bills introduced were
the following: Amending the law relating to
trust companies and permitting such organiza
lions to transact business on a capital of S25-
600: amending the election law relating to the
caption of party campaign tickets so
that the caption shall contain only three words;
increasing the standard of heating oil to the
standard of Illuminating oil, requiring it to be
$50 degrees Fahrenheit. The Senate bill relat-
ing to Kansas City, and giving that city the
right to organize under special charter was
called up, and after discussion laid over
until the 27th a motion to adjourn till the
eth was lost.